JOEY POWERS
by Harry Young and
Farewell Latterain
Joey Powers
Joseph S. Ruggiero
Dec 7, 1934 - Jan 20, 2017
April 15, 2013
Joey Powers
Vinyl Vic's Forgotten Teen Idols Vol. 4
FTR 2004 (73:51) Mono
30 Tracks
Not Including:
My Heart Is An Open Book
Walk Right In
Cindy Oh Cindy
Mission Bell
What Will My Mary Say
You're In A Bad Way
Land Of The Midnight Sun
Pushy
You Loser, You Fool
Cash Box (CB) Joey Powers Bio, November 16, 1963; 25:33
Billboard (BB) Joey Powers Bio, November 30, 1963
As Joey Rogers
Vocal with Orch. And Marne Tones
Bumble Bee (2:14)
(Joseph S. Ruggiero)
Copyright Narwood, BMI March 4, 1958 /
Who Can Explain It Then (2:55)
(Miller - Shatsky)
Copyright Margol, BMI
~ Nu-Clear single NJR-1 / NJR-2
J8OW-1179 / J8OW-1180
BB rvw April 28, 1958
Nu-Clear Music Co, Columbus, Georgia
As Joey
Rogers
With The All Americans
Jeannine (2:01)
(Joseph Ruggiero)
Copyright Nuclear, BMI May 26, 1958 /
They Didn’t Believe Me (2:07)
(Herbert Reynolds - Jerome Kern)
Copyright T B Harms, ASCAP
~ Nu-Clear single (Un-Numbered)
J7OW-4478 / J7OW-1300
BB rvw October 27, 1958
As Joey Rogers
The Bible Belt (2:03) AMP-45-4199
(Charles Tobias-Arthur Altman)
Copyright Sequence, ASCAP May 5, 1960
Don’t Go Away Mad (1:55) AMP-45-4200
(Peter Udell-Gary Geld)
Copyright Sequence, ASCAP May 5, 1960
~ ABC Paramount single 45-10110
BB rvw May 9, 1960
Unknown Artist
Diggin' Up The Dirt On You
(Joey Powers and Art Wayne)
Copyright Pokvan June 11, 1962
[Pokvan = POcKriss and paul VANce]
Morey Carr (The Playmates)
Meet Me Where We Used To Meet
(Gail Powers, Al Wayne and Don Jordan)
Copyright Catherine August 7, 1962 EU731126
BMI.com: Joey Powers, Danny Jordan, Art Wayne
~ Roulette single R 4454
Brian Poole
Meet Me Where We Used To Meet
~ UK Decca single F 11567 [January 1963]
~ Monument single 846
BB rvw July 18, 1964, BB ad August 1, 1964
As Joey Powers
Jenny Won’t You Walk Up
(Paul J. Vance-Leon Carr)
Copyright Vanno April 10, 1962 EU 714729
Two Tickets And A Candy Heart
(Paul J. Vance-Leon Carr)
Copyright Vanno April 10, 1962 EU 714727
B/S Produced by Ray Ellis and Paul Vance
~ RCA single 47-8039
BB rvw May 26, 1962 Special Merit Spotlight
Don’t Envy Me
(Burt Bacharach-Hal David)
Copyright Famous December 15, 1962
Me Myself And I
(Paul Vance-Al Byron)
Copyright Vanno September 21, 1962
~ RCA single 47-8119
BB rvw December 8, 1962
Variety rvw December 5, 1962
Unknown Artist
Blue Must Be The Color This Year
(Wayne Kent and Joey Powers)
Copyright Vanno September 21, 1962 and Disal July 17, 1963
Art Wayne = Wayne Douglas Kent, as per LOC
Library Of Congress; Journal of Copyright Entries
Music 1962² (July-December) index
Joey Powers, pseud. See Pirollo, Joseph Robert
Jerry Cole
Midnight Mary
~ Capitol single 5056
BB rvw October 12, 1963
Peaked at #46 on the 2SM Top 100
week beginning November 29, 1963, LW: 50, WOC: 3
Joey Powers
Midnight Mary
(Artie Wayne - Ben Raleigh)
Copyright Jimskip [March 11, 1963~ LOC online] and December 30, 1963 EP-183245
Where Do You Want The World Delivered
(Ben Raleigh-Artie Wayne)
Copyright September 30, 1963
~ Amy single 892
BB rvw October 12, 1963
Entered BB Bubbling Under November 2, 1963 @ #102; Peak #10; 13 weeks
Ricky Dickens
Midnight Mary
~ Hit single 98 [December 1963]
The Rockin' Berries
Midnight Mary
~ UK Piccadilly single 7N 35327 [July 1966]
Lorna Dune
[Meet You At] Midnight Joey
(Ben Raleigh-Art Wayne)
Copyright Jimskip January 6, 1964 EU806163
Note: Based On Midnight Mary
‘B’ side: I’m Going With Bobby
[Ruth Edelsberg-Pat Owen]
Copyright Jimskip [December 16, 1963]
~ Select single 730, BB rvw February 1, 1963 Canadian 45 Scan Lorna Dune
Courtesy Tom Adams
Midnight Joey
on
The Joy / Select Story:
1958-1965
President CD
4 September 2006
Lorna Doone
Dangerous Town
(Larry Fallon - James David Miller)
© Gaymar Music /
Who Knows It
(Larry Fallon - [James David Miller])
© Gaymar Music
RCA single 8532, CB rvw March 20, 1965
TITL: Nie mehr lass ich von Mary. English w and m Art Wayne and Ben Raleigh, German w Franz Ruger, arr. acMelodie der Welt, employer for hire of Bert Landers. ADTI: Midnight Mary. CLNA: Franz Ruger (A) and Melodie der Welt (PWH) DREG: 17Jan92 ODAT: 11Sep64; OREG: EU844046. OCLS: E LINM: NM: German words and arr.
JOEY POWERS: MIDNIGHT MARY |
~ Amy album
8001-M Mono and |
BB rvw February 1, 1964 |
Side 1 |
01 My Heart Is An Open Book |
(David-Pockriss) |
Copyright Sequence |
02 In The Morning Gloria |
(Ben Raleigh-Artie Wayne) |
Copyright Boston Road January 6, 1964 |
03 Walk Right In |
(Cannon-Woods) |
Copyright Peer International |
04 The Love I'll Never Know |
(Ben Raleigh-Artie Wayne) |
Copyright Boston Road January 6, 1964 |
05 Cindy Oh Cindy |
(Barron-Long) |
Copyright E. B. Marks |
06 Midnight Mary |
(Artie Wayne-Ben Raleigh) |
Copyright Jimskip [March 11, 1963~ LOC online] and December 30, 1963 EP-183245 |
Side 2 |
01 Walk Softly And Carry A Big Heartache |
(Artie Wayne-Ross Edwards, pseud of Ed Silvers) |
Copyright Boston Road and What's Happening January 6, 1964 |
02 Just A Ribbon |
(Scott-Resnick) |
Copyright T. M. Music |
03 Mission Bell |
(Michael) |
Copyright Bamboo |
04 High High Wall |
(Artie Wayne-Ben Raleigh) |
Copyright Boston Road January 6, 1964 |
05 Don't Think Twice |
(Dylan) |
Copyright M Whitmark and Sons, ASCAP |
06 Open Doors And Smilin' Faces |
(Artie Wayne-Ben Raleigh) |
Copyright Boston Road January 6, 1964 |
Produced by Artie Wayne |
Arranged and Conducted by Al Gorgoni |
The Girls: Jean Thomas and Leslie Hamblet |
Billy Old Buddy
(C. Ballard-F. Tobias)
In The Morning Gloria
(Ben Raleigh-Artie Wayne)
~ Amy single 898
BB rvw and ad February 15, 1964
You Comb Her Hair
(Hank Cochran-Harlan Howard)
Copyright Pamper February 27, 1963
Love Is A Season
(Mark Barkan-Dick Heard)
Copyright Metric June 8, 1964
~ Amy single 903
BB ad May 9, 1964 Coming This Week
BB rvw May 16, 1964
B/S Arranged and Conducted by Artie Butler
{The} Tears Keep Falling Down
(Jerry Keller-Gloria Shayne)
Copyright Northern April 17, 1964
Arranged and Conducted by Artie Butler
Where Did The Summer Go
(Peter Udell-Gary Geld)
Copyright Geld-Udell September 9, 1964
A Geld-Udell Production
~ Amy single 914
BB rvw October 10, 1964
Joey Powers And The New Dimensions
Baila Maria
(Tash Howard, pseud of Howard Tashman)
Gimme Gimme Gimme
(Howard-Kirin-Hoffman)
~ Amy single 986
BB rvw May 13, 1967
(Not rvw in CB)
B/S Produced by Herb Bernstein
Special Delivery from Bobby Bare, Joey Powers, Roy Orbison |
~ RCA Camden album CAL 820 |
BB New Release May 30, 1964 |
BB rvw June 13, 1964 |
Jenny Won't You Walk Up |
(Paul Vance-Leon Carr) |
Copyright Vanno April 10, 1962 |
What Will My Mary Say |
(Paul Vance-Eddie Snyder) |
Copyright Vanno September 21, 1962, |
Two Tickets A Candy Heart |
(Paul Vance-Leon Carr) |
Copyright Vanno April 10, 1962 and March 22, 1963 |
Me Myself And I -- Orchestra conducted by Mort Garson |
(Vance-Byron) |
September 29, 1965, NYC
65XY666 Leave Me Alone
(Dan Elliot)
Copyright South Mountain and Daniel Aug 16, 1965
65XY667 I Love You
(Teddy Randazzo-Bobby Weinstein)
Copyright South Mountain November 18, 1965
~ MGM single K 13421
BB Chart Spotlight January 22, 1966
65XY668 I Can’t Stay Away UNRELEASED
(Teddy Randazzo-Teddy Weinstein-Bill Barberis)
65XY669 What’s Their Feeling UNRELEASED
Joey Power's Flower
Hard To Be Without You
(Tony Powers-George Fischoff)
Copyright February 19, 1969
You're In A Bad Way
(P. Margo-M. Margo-Medress-Siegel)
~ RCA single 47-9790
BB rvw December 20, 1969
B/S Produced by The Tokens and Dave Appell for Bright Tunes Productions
Joey Power's Flower
So Sing The Children On The Avenue (2:40)
(Rado-Ragni-MacDermot)
Copyright James Rado, Gerome Ragni, Galt MacDermot,
Nat Shapiro and United Artists Music February 2, 1970
Land Of The Midnight Sun
(Dave Appell-Joey Powers)
Copyright Lionel February 10, 1970
~ RCA single 74-0326
BB rvw March 28, 1970
B/S Produced by The Tokens and Dave Appell for Bright Tunes Productions
B/S Arranged by Dave Appell
Power's Flower
Pushy
(Dave Appell-Kal Mann)
Copyright Lionel May 1, 1969
You Loser, You Fool
(Margo-Margo-Medress-Siegel)
Copyright Bright Tunes
~ Warner Brothers Seven Arts single 7312
B/S Produced by The Tokens and Big D Appell for Bright Tunes Productions
B/S Engineer: Johnny Post
7312 Not reviewed in BB or CB WB single
7309 CB rvw July 19, 1969 and BB rvw August 9, 1969
7310 BB and CB rvws July 19, 1969
7311 BB and CB rvws July 26, 1969
7312 Power’s Flower
7318 and 7319 CB rvws August 23, 1969
7321 BB and CB rvws August 16, 1969
7323 BB rvw August 16, 1969
7325 CB rvw August 30, 1969
7323 and 7326
CB rvws September 6, 1969
Joey Powers' Dick Bartley Presents:
Teenage Crush, Vol. 3 Hard to Find 45's on CD, Vol. 7:
Joey Powers Co-Produced
"Midnight Mary"
Reissued on
One Hit Wonders of the '60s, Vol. 1
Rhino CD R2 70995
Released Oct 15 1990
Ace CD 790
Released Dec 27, 2000
60's Classics
Eric CD 11513
Released Oct 16 2001
'Hammer And Nail' (1988) and
'Triumphant Return' (1989)
by WHITECROSS